We want to wish Founding Board Member Oren Lyons a very Happy 91st birthday!!! We love and appreciate you! Your energy and wisdom transcends all things.
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Stopping Line 3 with Winona LaDuke
Please join us for, “Stopping Line 3 with Winona LaDuke” on Tuesday, January 26 at 6:30pm ET via Zoom. Link to register here. More details below. Hope you can attend, and please spread the word! For more info on Line 3, check…
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4 the Future Foundation at US Lacrosse LaxCon
4 the Future Foundation at US Lacrosse LaxCon Join us, Saturday January 16th at 2:30pm ET 4 the Future Panel Discussion with Lyle and Jeremy Thompson Featuring: Betty Lyons Rex Lyons Corey Hinton Gayle Kelley Moderated by Sarah Aschenbach ➞…
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The Original Cancel Culture
One thing you can always count on with Donald Trump is that he will serve as an exemplar of the worst kind of cultural insensitivity and congratulate himself for his self-appointed authenticity. Taking time out from his busy days trying…
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Pagans in the Promised Land: a Primer on Religious Freedom
Significant aspects of this research were published in the New York University Review of Law & Social Change (Vol. 20, Number 2, 1993), “The Evidence of Christian Nationalism in Federal Indian Law.” The American Indian Law Alliance expresses its gratitude to…
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Now Streaming: The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking the Domination Code
The iconic film The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking the Domination Code is now streaming. You can rent or purchase the film on vimeo. The film is directed by Sheldon P. Wolfchild and co-produced by Steven T. Newcomb.
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Syracuse to remove the Statue of Christopher Columbus
“We want to thank the Mayor for having the courage to stand in truth and we know that is not an easy thing to do. Thank you for acknowledging the genocidal legacy of Christoper Columbus and how detrimental that has…
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NY Daily News Op-Ed: Haudenosaunee Influence on Women’s Rights Movement
History’s forgotten suffrage heroes by Betty Lyons and Sally Roesch Wagner: It was no accident the first women’s convention took place in 1848 in Seneca Falls, N.Y., near where the foremothers of the movement — including Stanton, Matilda Joslyn Gage…
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Commentary by our Executive Director Betty Lyons on Haudenosaunee women’s influence on the women’s suffrage movement.
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Onondaga Nation General Counsel on McGirt v. Oaklahoma
“[Gorsuch’s] general construct throughout the case was that once the federal government has made promises and treaties, it must keep them,” Heath continued. “I can tell you that in the almost four decades since I have worked for the Onondaga…
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